Chapter 18 16

August 23, 1916 Langham Hotel Central London, Marylebone * They ate at the hotel restaurant.Tomorrow Ashley will be crossing the sea, tonight Yinmozhen wants to eat quietly in her room, but Ashley wants to stay in a crowded place. He said: We will go upstairs after eating. The other guests in the restaurant were either in military uniform or older couples in evening dress.The waiter put the menu in front of Yin Mozhen, and she was greatly surprised by the rich dishes. Looking at this menu, I really think there is no war now. Those who can afford it are not affected by war. Honey, I don't want to eat us down

If you can't eat it, at least you can't eat it tonight. They drank a rich consommé and ate roast lamb shoulder with onion sauce and a plate of lentils and cabbage.Ashley felt that the lamb shoulder was too dry, but he regretted it as soon as he said it, because Yin Mozhen's mind was not on the food.She ate absent-mindedly throughout the meal, whether nervous, impatient, or simply unhappy. Dessert was pineapple ice followed by a Roquefort cheese.Ashley cut the cheese into small pieces with a golden knife, but in the end he didn't finish it.Yin Mozhen asked the waiter to deliver the coffee to the room, and the waiter bowed and agreed.

They took the elevator up to the third floor, Yin Mozhen held Ashley's arm, and the uniformed elevator attendant looked curious.When stepping out of the elevator, Ashley looked at her. how are you Yin Mozhen shook her head. Forget it's the last night, don't even think about it, okay? certainly.But what's wrong? My dear, let's not talk about these, just concentrate on being together. They walked into the door, and Ashley closed the door and started kissing her.She took off her hat and threw it on the ground.Ashley kissed her neck, not only did he say something he had never said before, but he also never thought he would say it.

Ashley whispered: You are everything to me, even more than everything, you are everything I have never had before. They stood by the bed, and she kissed his cheek and clasped her arms around him.Ashley's hand touched the linen button on the back of her dress, and then moved to her face, but she brought his hand back to the button.Her eyes kept looking at him.Ashley unbuttoned the clothes and dropped them. Honey.Yin Mozhen said: Curtains. Ashley drew the curtains and turned off the lights.It's easier in the dark.He took off his jacket and tie, and they crawled under the covers, embracing each other in the dark.Yin Mozhen took off her lace shirt and stockings, and their bare legs were pressed together.At this moment, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

coffee.Ashley gasped.I completely forgot. Yin Mozhen smiled and put on the bed cover and rushed to the bathroom.Ashley turned on the light, quickly dressed and opened the door.The waiter came in with coffee on a silver tray and got a few coppers.Ashley's shirt was open at the collar and his tie was on the ground.The waiter saluted, walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. The crisis is resolved and we can come out. real? Ashley turned off the light. very safe. Yin Mozhen came out and wrapped him in the bed cover as well, and the two of them were naked and moved towards the bed next to each other.She was short of breath, wheezing a bit.He kissed her shoulders and neck, touched her face, trying to see her eyes clearly.But the light is too dim.

Are you sure? hush. you want this hush. She reached out and hugged him tightly. I'm not as good as you, but I don't care. There was a long night ahead, but it was not long enough.A few hours passed, and Ashley dozed off drowsily, but when he woke up, he found Yin Mozhen in his arms was staring at him. Don't want to sleep? She shook her head. We only have a few hours left.I will sleep again after you leave. Ashley nodded, sat up, pulled the quilt to cover his chest, his mouth was dry and his head was throbbing with pain. I didn't sleep deeply, but I had a dream. What did you dream about?

Not sure. Maybe dreamed of me.She teases him. He shook his head.If so, it will be remembered. Ashley touched her cheek with his fingers, and added: I will remember it later. Yin Mozhen walked into the bathroom and came out wearing a silk kimono. She walked to the window, pulled a long rope with gold tassels, and slowly opened the curtain. Ashley said: It was still dark, and nothing could be seen outside. At least the searchlights could be seen. Yin Mozhen picked up the porcelain pot on the tray, poured a cup of coffee, took a sip, and frowned slightly. It's cold early.Ashley said: We can ask someone to deliver

It's okay, honey, I like it cold. Yin Mozhen picked up the coffee cup with a saucer, then raised the cup and looked out the window at Portland Street. In the darkness, there was only a blue street lamp shining faintly. Ashley, I have another silly question. OK. Do you believe in dreams? Ashley blinked tiredly, he was looking at her back, and his eyes were on the blue belt. You mean what happened in the dream?You mean did those things actually happen? Yin Mozhen nodded.It doesn't have to happen here, maybe somewhere else. Ashley thought about it. This may not be what you want to hear, but I think dreams are just dreams.Maybe our minds don't want to be idle at night, but they are more relaxed, so fear and desire will come out.Although real people and places appear in the dream, the dream is still not real.

We've only known each other for a few days, and we're together.Yin Mozhen said: This is not true at all. This is not unusual. she laughed. She said: Yes, unusual. Yin Mozhen put the empty cup and saucer back on the tray, climbed back to the bed, lay beside Ashley, and looked at the ceiling.She said that sometimes she feels the world is very real, but sometimes she feels that dreams are also real, or even more real.Because dreams leave shadows in the world, but the real world has no place in the world of night. Yin Mozhen sat up and asked him which of the two fields he thought was more human. This world is cold and boring, and everyone is trying to calculate from birth to death.She said that in this world, science and mathematics can only be used to develop cold machines, and no amount of love or hatred can move a specific atom.It's an evil world, she said, where survival depends on the trajectory of bullets and the number of diseased cells.

Ashley stretched out his hand, and Yin Mozhen grasped it tightly. She said: This world does not deserve us. As for the dream, Yin Mozhen continued: "Dreams are made based on the human heart, so they are warm and vivid, even if they are unfamiliar, there is also a feeling of deja vu."She said that at least in this world at night, we can be freed from trivialities and rudeness, and seek something of real value.In the dream, neither distance nor death can prevent the two hearts from meeting. Our world should be like this. If it is not, then she does not want to be in it. She said: "If it's not like this, it's not fair, it's so unfair.

Ashley leaned over and hugged her, hugging her tightly, watching her eyelashes slowly covered with tiredness, and her breathing gradually calmed down.He placed a feather pillow under her head. Ashley walked to the table in his underwear, took out a white card from the drawer, wrote a few lines, read it for a while, frowned, tore it up, threw it into the wastebasket, and wrote a new one, read it carefully, and was satisfied , before hiding the card in her bag. He went to the window and pulled the string to close the curtain.Looking out of the latticed window, there was a twilight in the sky. It was unclear whether it was the real dawn or his imagination.He wished he hadn't seen daylight.After closing the curtains tightly, Ashley crawled back to the bed and looked at the sleeping girl beside her. You must want me to wake you up.He said softly: We shouldn't sleep tonight. He smoothed the hair on her forehead, and she moved slightly.Ashley lay beside her and closed his eyes.